Roll toilet paper holder



IN VEN TOR.

Nov. 25, 1952 F A SHARRER ROLL TOILET PAPER HOLDER Filed May 1, 1951Patented Nov. 25, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE" ROLL TOILET PAPERHOLDER Frank A. Sharrer, Bakerstown, Pa.

Application May 1, 1951, Serial No. 223,891

1 Claim. '1 This invention relates to a roll toilet paper holder, andimportant objects .and advantages thereof are to provide a holder of thecharacter described, which is constructed to simultaneously support adispensing roll and a supplemental reserve roll, which will hold thereserve .roll inaccessible to the user as long as any part of thedispensing roll is in the dispensing position, which will prevent theunauthorized removal of the rolls therefrom, and which will prevent therotation of the rolls thereon to conserve the use of the paper.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a fixture of the classstated, which .is simple in .its construction and arrangement, durableand compact, attractive in appearance, and com paratively economical inits manufacture and use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in. the novel construction,combination and arrangement of parts herein specifically described, butit isto be understood that changes in the form, proportions and detailsof construction may be resorted to that come within the scope of theclaim hereunto appended.

In the drawing wherein like numerals of reference designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a roll toilet paper holder constructed inaccordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of the roll toilet paper holderwith the dispensing roll and the reverse roll mounted thereon.

Figure 3 is a transverse cross sectional view taken on line 33, Figure2.

Figure 4 is a gate end view of the holder.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary front view illustrating the attachment of theretaining band with the frame structure.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the improved roll toilet paperholder comprises an oblong, rectangularly-shaped frame I, which may beconstructed of any suitable, comparatively wide, rigid strap material.When secured in position for use against a supporting surface, the frameis preferably disposed horizontally, with the strap material extendingvertically edgewise.

The frame I consists of a back member 2, a parallel disposed frontmember 3, a fixed end member formed integral with respective adjacentends of the back and front members 2, 3, and a gate end member 5 whichhas its rearward end attached to the free end of the back anember bymeans of an inwardly disposed hinge The free end of the front member 3is formed with a projecting apertured lug .I for extension through avertically extending slot '8 which .is provided therefor in the free endportion of :the gate end member 5. A look 9 is engaged in the aperturedlug for securing the free end of the end gate member to the free end ofthe front member.

The back member 2 is provided with a pair of elongated, horizontallyextending slots M, which are aligned in spaced relation to each other.The slots ID are provided for the reception .of screws I3 by which theholder device may be adjustably fixed in position against its supportingsurface.

The improved holder is designed and intended tosupport a reserve roll M.of toilet .paper zand'a dispensing roll l5 of toilet paper at the sametime. The rolls l4 and I5 are mounted side by side on the front member3, with the .reserve roll being disposed against the fixed end wallmember 4, and with the dispensing roll being disposed toward the gateend 5 of the holder structure. As the front member is constructed offlat strap material, it is, of course, necessary to compress the rollsinto oval-shape in order to pass the passage cores of the rolls onto thefront member 3.

It will be apparent that the ovately distorted rolls [4 and I5, whenmounted on the fiat front member 3 of the frame I, cannot be rotated onsaid front member, and that to remove any of the paper from a roll it isnecessary to manually unwrap the paper from a stationary roll to obtainthe quantity desired. Such efiort will obviously conserve the use of thepaper by discouraging the propensity to waste the paper as frequentlyoccurs when the toilet paper may be readily unreeled from a freelyrotating roll mounted on a holder of the conventional type.

A forwardly projecting retaining band H is supported by the frame I, andsurrounds the front member 3 and also the mounted reserve roll M at aposition centrally intermediate of the ends of the latter. The retainingband is open and the ends thereof are provided with elongated slots I2.The slotted ends of the retaining band overlap each other and areadjustably secured against the inner face of the back member 2 by theadjacent screw l3, as clearly illustrated in Figure 5. Such attachmentof the retaining band allows the latter to be adjusted to conform to thesize of the reserve roll [4 in a manner permitting said reserve roll tobe shifted on the front member from the reserve position under theretaining band to the dispensing position against the gate end of theframe I.

It will be evident that no toilet paper can be removed from the reserveroll It so long as the latter is surrounded by the retaining band i l,and that the reserve roll l4 cannot be shifted on the front member 3 toclear said retaining band until the dispensing roll I5 has beencompletely depleted and all parts thereof removed from the front member3. By this arrangement and operation, it is necessary to first use andremove all of the dispensing roll I5 from the front member 3 before thereserve roll [4 can be shifted to clear the retaining band by movingsame to th dispensing position on the front member 3.

To mount the reserve roll I4 and the dispensing roll IS in their properrelative positions on the front member 3 of the frame I, it is necessaryto release the gate end member 5 by removing the lock 9 from thapertured lug 1. After the rolls have been mounted on the front member,the gate end member is secured to the latter by replacing the lock onsaid apertured lug. As the improved holder is primarily intended forpublic use, such locking arrangement will prevent the removal of therolls therefrom by unauthorized persons.

In the use of the improved holder, the paper may be unwrapped for usefrom the dispensing roll I5 which is in the dispensing position at thegate end of the front member 3, and only after said dispensing roll hasbeen completely depleted can the reserve roll be shifted on the frontmember to position same in the dispensing position for use.

While the invention is herein illustrated and described as carrying butone reserve roll, it is to be understood that the holder may beconstructed to hold two or more reserve rolls at the same time, bysuitably lengthening the frame structure and providing the necessaryretaining bands so spaced as to prevent any of the reserve rolls fromclearing the retaining bands until the reserv roll has been shifted tothe dispensing position on the front member of the frame.

The present invention provides a most efiicient device of its kind,which may be economically manufactured and employed, and successfullyand conveniently used for the purposes and in the manner herein setforth.

What I claim is:

A holder for supporting a dispensing roll of toilet paper and a reserveroll of toilet paper, comprising a back member provided with a pair ofhorizontally aligned elongated slots for the reception of a pair ofscrews adjustably securing the device to a supporting surface, a frontmember disposed parallel to said back member and spaced from the latter,a fixed end member formed integral with one end of said back member andwith the adjacent end of said front member, a gate end member hingedlyconnected with the free end of said back member and being provided witha slot, all of said members being constructed of flat strap materialextending vertically edgewise, the dispensing roll and the reserve rollbeing slidably mounted on said front member by passing the latterthrough the core passages of the rolls after the latter have beencompressed to ovalshape to prevent the rotation of th rolls on saidfront member, a forwardly projecting open retaining band surrounding thereserve roll centrally intermediate of the end of the latter to preventthe removal of paper from the reserve roll, the ends of said bandoverlapping each other and being respectively provided with elongatedregistering slots for the passage of one of said pair of screws foradjustably attaching said band against said back member to surround saidfront member and the reserve roll mounted on said front member, anapertured lug formed at the free end of said front member and projectingthrough the slot in said gate end member, and removable means engaged insaid apertured lug for locking the latter in said end gate member.

FRANK A. SHARRER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,917,641 Fairchild July 11, 19332,372,949 Hill Apr. 3, 1945 2,510,537 Agamaite June 6, 1950

